Anchored in Jeremiah 7:30–34, this essay explains the history and theology of child sacrifice in the Bible. Scripture shows the practice was literal and condemned, records Israel’s reforms, and calls God’s people to protect the vulnerable with truth and compassion.
The ten plagues expose false gods and reveal the Lord who judges and saves. In Passover, blood marks a people for life, shaping Israel’s identity and foreshadowing greater redemption.
“The fear of the Lord” is reverent awe that humbles pride and fuels love. It begins wisdom, steadies obedience, and anchors joy in God’s holy mercy.
Malachi confronts casual religion and comforts the faithful with God’s unchanging love. From polluted offerings to the promised messenger, it calls God’s people to reverence, generosity, and hope before the coming Day.
Jeremiah prosecutes Judah’s covenant breach while shepherding a remnant through judgment toward hope. From temple gates to exile letters, the prophet announces a righteous Branch and a New Covenant that moves obedience from tablets to hearts, anchoring endurance now and pointing to the King’s coming reign.
Numbers tells the wilderness story between Sinai and Moab, where Israel learns order, trust, and perseverance under God’s presence. It preserves the promise, points to a coming King, and trains believers to walk by faith in hard places.
Ezekiel 10 captures the glory’s movement from threshold to east gate while coals of judgment fall on a city that refused cleansing. The scene is severe yet hopeful, pointing to the later return of glory to a purified house.
Ezekiel 9 shows the glory at the threshold, a scribe sealing mourners, and judgment beginning at the sanctuary. The vision distinguishes hearts and prepares the way for glory’s return to a cleansed house.
Ezekiel 8 carries a prophet into the temple to expose idols at the gate, in hidden rooms, and at the altar steps. The Lord’s jealousy refuses polite syncretism, links worship failure to violence, and prepares the way for glory to return to a cleansed house.
Ezekiel 6 targets the land’s idol-sites—mountains, hills, and groves—promising demolition that leads to knowledge of the Lord. Through judgment God preserves a remnant who remember him, grieve their sin, and return, preparing the way for worship restored when his glory returns.
God raises Ezekiel to his feet and sends him to a stubborn people with a scroll full of lament. The chapter redefines success as faithful speech by the Spirit’s power, sustaining hope that judgment serves mercy’s long plan.
Isaiah 34 calls the earth to hear a verdict that shakes sky and soil. Edom becomes the emblem of judgment that upholds Zion’s cause, while the scroll of the Lord guarantees that his measured word will stand and make way for joy in the chapter that follows.
Isaiah 25 sings praise to the God who planned wonderful things and brings them to pass. On Zion he spreads a feast for all peoples, swallows death, wipes tears, and humbles pride, inviting the world to trust his salvation and taste his future joy.
Psalm 129 turns shared wounds into worship and shared rescues into praise. It asks God to cut cords, to wither hostile schemes, and to keep blessing where it belongs.
Psalm 105 turns Israel’s history into a mission-shaped hymn. From patriarchs to exodus to inheritance, the Lord remembers his covenant and calls a rescued people to obey and to tell his wonders among the nations.